{"id":68924,"date":"2021-10-11T04:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=68924"},"modified":"2021-10-10T21:24:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T01:24:30","slug":"the-darien-venture-the-colony-that-bankrupted-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/10\/11\/the-darien-venture-the-colony-that-bankrupted-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Darien Venture: The Colony that Bankrupted Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykrZCtlwyL4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Geographics<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Nov 2019<\/p>\n<p>If a Nation&#8217;s wealth and power were to be measured in stubbornness, resilience, and inventiveness, rather than GDP, Scotland would be a top-5 superpower. The people that brought to you televisions, refrigerators, penicillin, and gin &#038; tonic have gone through many a rough patch throughout their history. Very often, hard times were related to their rocky relationship with their Southern neighbours, the English.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:<br \/>\nHost &#8211; Simon Whistler<br \/>\nAuthor &#8211; Arnaldo Teodorani<br \/>\nProducer &#8211; Jennifer Da Silva<br \/>\nExecutive Producer &#8211; Shell Harris<\/p>\n<p>Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-11-at-21-09-56-The-Darien-Venture-The-Colony-that-Bankrupted-Scotland-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-11-at-21-09-56-The-Darien-Venture-The-Colony-that-Bankrupted-Scotland-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-68926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-11-at-21-09-56-The-Darien-Venture-The-Colony-that-Bankrupted-Scotland-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-11-at-21-09-56-The-Darien-Venture-The-Colony-that-Bankrupted-Scotland-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-11-at-21-09-56-The-Darien-Venture-The-Colony-that-Bankrupted-Scotland-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-11-at-21-09-56-The-Darien-Venture-The-Colony-that-Bankrupted-Scotland-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geographics Published 14 Nov 2019 If a Nation&#8217;s wealth and power were to be measured in stubbornness, resilience, and inventiveness, rather than GDP, Scotland would be a top-5 superpower. The people that brought to you televisions, refrigerators, penicillin, and gin &#038; tonic have gone through many a rough patch throughout their history. 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